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Long Term Treatment Continues to be Need In Delaware’s Struggle Against Opioid Crisis

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Contact: Julia Lawes – 302-577-8901   Long Term Treatment Continues To Be Need In Delaware’s Struggle Against Opioid Crisis   With opioid overdoses and deaths continuing to increase, Attorney General Matt Denn on Wednesday released the Delaware Department of Justice’s fourth annual report on the state’s efforts to combat the epidemic and made recommendations for […]




Plan to Participate in the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) encourages people across the state to take part in the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill October 18 at 10:18 a.m. Two earthquakes in the last ten years were felt throughout Delaware.  In November, 2017, a 4.1 earthquake was centered in the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Dover. […]




Delaware Governor John Carney gets his flu shot and urges Delawareans to get theirs as well

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan were among hundreds who lined up to receive their annual flu vaccine Tuesday in Dover.




Drug Dealing Charges Result in Years In Prison In Multiple Cases

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018

For Immediate Release Contact: Julia Lawes – 302-577-8901   Drug Dealing Charges Result in Years In Prison In Multiple Cases   Deputy Attorneys General Mark Denney and Annemarie Puit secured a guilty plea from Tyron Friend, also known as Talib Al-Atharee, a 38-year-old Wilmington man.  Al-Atharee pled to Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering, Drug Dealing-Tier 4 […]




DelDOT cuts ribbon on Voshells Mill Road Sidewalk project

Department of Transportation | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and local leaders cut the ribbon on the Voshells Mill Road sidewalk project in the community of Star Hill in Dover. The $860,000 project laid 1,800 linear feet of sidewalk along Voshells Mill Road past Star Hill Elementary and along Peach Tree Run. “We know that this project means […]







  Category: Newsroom

Long Term Treatment Continues to be Need In Delaware’s Struggle Against Opioid Crisis

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Contact: Julia Lawes – 302-577-8901   Long Term Treatment Continues To Be Need In Delaware’s Struggle Against Opioid Crisis   With opioid overdoses and deaths continuing to increase, Attorney General Matt Denn on Wednesday released the Delaware Department of Justice’s fourth annual report on the state’s efforts to combat the epidemic and made recommendations for […]




Plan to Participate in the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) encourages people across the state to take part in the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill October 18 at 10:18 a.m. Two earthquakes in the last ten years were felt throughout Delaware.  In November, 2017, a 4.1 earthquake was centered in the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Dover. […]




Delaware Governor John Carney gets his flu shot and urges Delawareans to get theirs as well

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Delaware Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan were among hundreds who lined up to receive their annual flu vaccine Tuesday in Dover.




Drug Dealing Charges Result in Years In Prison In Multiple Cases

Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018

For Immediate Release Contact: Julia Lawes – 302-577-8901   Drug Dealing Charges Result in Years In Prison In Multiple Cases   Deputy Attorneys General Mark Denney and Annemarie Puit secured a guilty plea from Tyron Friend, also known as Talib Al-Atharee, a 38-year-old Wilmington man.  Al-Atharee pled to Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering, Drug Dealing-Tier 4 […]




DelDOT cuts ribbon on Voshells Mill Road Sidewalk project

Department of Transportation | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and local leaders cut the ribbon on the Voshells Mill Road sidewalk project in the community of Star Hill in Dover. The $860,000 project laid 1,800 linear feet of sidewalk along Voshells Mill Road past Star Hill Elementary and along Peach Tree Run. “We know that this project means […]